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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 618 (2008) 160-167

Mutually Assured Support: A security doctrine for terrorist nuclear weapons threats (Special Issue: Terrorism Briefing for the New President)

Baruch Fischhoff (  Auteur correspondant ) 1, Scott Atran 2, Marc Sageman 3

(2008)

If the United States were subject to a terrorist nuclear attack, its president would face overwhelming political pressure to respond decisively. A well-prepared response could help both to prevent additional attacks and to bring the perpetrators to justice. An instinctive response could be cataclysmically ineffective, inflicting enormous collateral damage without achieving either deterrence or justice. An international security doctrine of Mutually Assured Support can make the response to such attacks more effective as well as less likely—by requiring preparations that reduce the threat. The doctrine requires all subscribing nations to mobilize fully in support of the attacked nation, in return for a promise of nonretaliation. It provides a vehicle for domestic and international leadership, allowing the president to engage the American people, from a position of strength, around an issue that has had little public discussion. The authors describe its rationale, implications, and implementation.

1 :	Dept of Social and Decision Sciences
	Carnegie Mellon University
2 :	Institut Jean-Nicod (IJN)
	CNRS : UMR8129 – Ecole normale supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS]
3 :	Research Director
	ARTIS Research & Risk Modeling

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